鈴虫の声のかぎりを尽しても長き夜あかずふる涙かな
suzumushi no
koe no kagiri o
tsukushitemo
nagaki yo akazu
furu namida kana | The bell-crickets
The very limits of their song
Have exhausted, but
This long night, unending is
The falling of my tears! |
Yugei no myōbu
Created with Soan.
あまのがはほしあひのそらをみるほどもなほわすられぬすずむしのこゑ
ama no gawa
hoshiai no sora o
miru hodo mo
nao wasurarenu
suzumushi no koe | The River of Heaven fills
The sky of trysting stars, and
When I gaze upon it
Even less might I forget
The bell crickets’ song. |
Lady Ukon
たなばたのゆきあふあきとなるごとにわすれがたきはすずむしのこゑ
tanabata no
yukiau aki to
naru goto ni
wasuregataki wa
suzumushi no koe | With Tanabata’s
Coming together in autumn,
Each and every time
I find it hard to forget
The bell crickets’ song. |
Lord Tomonori, Governor of Kaga
すずむしのこゑにぞあかぬたまさかにゆきあふよひのかげをまつにも
suzumushi no
koe ni zo akanu
tamasaka ni
yukiau yoi no
kage o matsu ni mo | Of the bell crickets’
Song, I never tire—
Even when a rare
Night’s coming together
In moonlight I do await… |
Lady Jijū
たなばたに心をかくるこよひさへあかずきこゆるすずむしのこゑ
tanabata ni
kokoro o kakuru
koyoi sae
akazu kikoyuru
suzumushi no koe | At Tanabata
My heart I conceal—
This night above all,
I never tire of hearing
The bell crickets’ song. |
Lady Shōjō
Insects
Left (Tie)
あきくればむしもやものをおもふらんこゑもをしまずねをもなくかな
aki kureba
mushi mo ya mono o
omouran
koe mo oshimazu
ne mo naku kana | When the autumn comes,
Do the insects, too, have gloomy
Thoughts, I wonder?
I’ll not regret their song at all
As they cry on! |
His Majesty
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Right
あきごとにとこめづらなるすずむしのふりてもふりぬこゑぞきこゆる
akigoto ni
tokomezuranaru
suzumushi no
furite mo furinu
koe zo kikoyuru | Each and every autumn,
Afresh
The bell-crickets’
Aging in their aged
Cries I hear. |
Lord Kintō
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